April 2016 archive

Why Some States Sided with EPA in Clean Power Plan Fight

A writer for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce analyzed the impact of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the one challenged by Oklahoma and more than two dozen other states and discovered those states fighting the plan will share the brunt of cutting the carbon em…

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State Recycling Law Amended by Governor

One of the bills signed into law Tuesday by Governor Mary Fallin concerns the state’s Recycling and Recycled Materials Procurement Act. HB 2407 was sent to her desk and removes the requirement that the Director of Central Services coordinate certain i…

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Environmental Writer to Speak at UCO

New York Times environmental writer Justin Gillis speaks Thursday during an appearance at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. His topic will be “Hot Times! Into a Warming Word” as he speaks at 2 p.m. in UCO’s Pegasus Theater.
His writing in…

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Federal Government to Block Halliburton Merger with Baker Hughes

The U.S. Justice Department is moving to court in an attempt to block Halliburton Company’s nearly $35 billion purchase of Baker Hughes Inc. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware where the two co…

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Federal Government to Block Halliburton Merger with Baker Hughes

The U.S. Justice Department is moving to court in an attempt to block Halliburton Company’s nearly $35 billion purchase of Baker Hughes Inc. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware where the two companie…

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Appeals Court Rejects Man Convicted of Wind Farm Scam

The Denver federal appeals court has ruled against a Salt Lake City man convicted of bilking investors out of more than $4 million in a phony wind farm business. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the appeal of Robert Reed of who …

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Appeals Court Rejects Man Convicted of Wind Farm Scam

The Denver federal appeals court has ruled against a Salt Lake City man convicted of bilking investors out of more than $4 million in a phony wind farm business. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the appeal of Robert Reed of who is ser…

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Phone Giveaway Program Target of US House Hearing Next Week

A U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee plans a hearing next week on a move by some Representatives to rein in the FCC’s controversial Lifeline Program, the one that involved give-a-way cell phones. It’s the program that FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai…

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Oil Futures Down Again as Traders Anxiously Await Data

Oil futures ended lower in a wild trading session Tuesday, unable to overcome doubts that a major global agreement to freeze production will be reached this month.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate crude futures for delivery…

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Completion Reports April 6, 2016

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